TORONTO. \u2013 Dominican Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez punished his former team with the first grand slam of his career to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-1 victory over the Miami Marlins, on a Major League Baseball day that also saw important wins for the Braves, Brewers, Reds and Pirates.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez was the big figure of an explosive sixth inning of six runs that allowed Toronto to secure a comfortable victory at the Rogers Centre. The Dominican outfielder sealed the game with his grand slam.<\/p>\n
Ernie Clement also shone for the Blue Jays by hitting a home run for the second consecutive game against a high pitch from the Dominican Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara. In addition, Spencer Miles contributed from the bullpen with 4.1 innings of one run allowed, while the Venezuelan Yohendrick Pi\u00f1ango added a home run to redeem himself after his defensive failures the previous day.<\/p>\n
In Boston, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Red Sox 7-6 thanks to the offensive awakening of Matt Olson, who hit his 15th home run of the season to tie the game. Michael Harris II had a perfect night with four hits and a home run, while Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Austin Riley produced important runs in a decisive sixth inning.<\/p>\n
Right-hander Spencer Strider also responded for Atlanta after recovering from a difficult start and dominating Boston’s offense for much of his outing.<\/p>\n
For their part, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets 7-2 behind another solid start by Chase Burns. The young pitcher struck out eight batters in 5.1 innings and improved his record to 7-1 with an ERA of 1.96.<\/p>\n
Dominican Juan Soto avoided the shutout for the Mets with a two-run homer in the sixth inning, while Elly de la Cruz hit a two-run double to extend Cincinnati’s lead.<\/p>\n
In Milwaukee, Kyle Harrison continued his impressive season and led the Brewers to a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The lefty threw six scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 1.57, setting the franchise’s best mark in a pitcher’s first 10 starts.<\/p>\n
William Contreras drove in two runs with a double and Garrett Mitchell added a three-run homer to back Harrison’s pitching performance.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, rookie Konnor Griffin made history by becoming the youngest Pirates player to bat first since 1952, during the 12-1 thrashing of the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n
Griffin scored two runs and walked in his first at-bat, while Bryan Reynolds and Esmerlyn Valdez led Pittsburgh’s offense. Starter Braxton Ashcraft worked 6.1 innings of just one earned run allowed to secure the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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